Reading Response 2

How do quality telecollaborative projects develop students’ critical thinking skills (the highest levels on the Bloom’s Taxonomy pyramid)? Provide specific examples and reference both articles from your Oct. 12th reading assignment in your answer.

Penn State Article
In the Penn State article it discussed how to have students work together and what works bests. The author said that the students are able to pull from other people's strengths and abilities. This also allows them to also learn their own strengths and weaknesses and what they need to work on to better their critical thinking abilities. Collaborative work allows them to learn how to work in groups, how to trust others, how to delegate, and how to negotiate with others which can all be found on Bloom's Pyramid. It also teaches the students how to deal with conflicts and solve problems which is under the application block on the pyramid. 


In Bloom's Taxonomy Pyramid different levels of learning and comprehension are described. These six levels can be used to help organize collaborative groups. When a teacher place children at different levels on the pyramid in the same groups they are able to help each other with their skill and help one another develop a skill that they have not mastered yet. By using this pyramid to form groups the students are forced to figure out the best way to complete the assignment, this uses their critical thinking skills. By being able to interact with others on different levels of the cognitive skills they are forced to bring their knowledge up to the other levels increasing their critical thinking ability. Print Page in IE